The Transparency Project

We are a registered charity.

We explain and discuss family law and family courts in England & Wales, and signpost to useful resources to help people understand the system and the law better. We work towards improving the quality, range and accessibility of information available to the public both in the press and elsewhere. We do not take on individual cases or provide legal services.

Grants

The Transparency Project

Supporting the organisation to develop to reach wider audiences and exploring collaboration, aimed at increasing understanding amongst the public of the family justice system.

Increase Public Understanding

Advance High Quality Thinking

Increase Access to Employment

General Public

Implications of Brexit

Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings

Influence the Online Court

Develop Robust Evidence Base

Understand Role of Technology

Law Reform, Policy and Regulation

Communications to Disseminate Learning

The Transparency Project

Family Court Reporting Watch / Guidance Note Series

Grant: £49,500
June 22, 2016

This project has two strands. Family Court Reporting Watch to monitor official publication/ dissemination, professional reporting and media coverage of family courts and Guidance Notes for parents and professionals working with them.

Family Court Reporting Watch.
The purpose of this is to monitor official publication/ dissemination, professional reporting and media coverage of family courts and to,

Liaise with publishers/ judiciary in cases to alert them to erroneous publication/ anonymisation errors, to highlight mis-reporting or potential breach of privacy/ reporting restrictions

Make official judgments and reliable commentary / explanations of cases available in one location by collecting and linking to them, facilitating the public to self-educate

Guidance Notes Series
A further development of the existing suite of guidance notes for parents and professionals working with them, providing accessible and neutral explanations of the law on issues which recur in public debate and where the relevant legal framework is poorly misunderstood. Guidance to date covers section 20 Children Act 1989 and the recording of social work meetings by parents (with two more in drafting now).
Planned notes include: Moving abroad to avoid child protection investigation/ care proceedings, and Consequences of ignoring an order about a child (working titles).